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A513 traffic and collisions
The A513 is an A-road of 23.9 miles, in Staffordshire. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 76m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 8,705 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 16,734 A34 to A518
- HGV share 2.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +16.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 68 19.3 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A513?
On an average day in 2025, 8,705 vehicles passed each point on the A513, counting both directions. The busiest section is A34 to A518 (Staffordshire), with 16,734 a day; the quietest listed is A38(T) to Coton Lane, Tamworth, with 5,643.
Busiest sections, 2025
A34 to A518 carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A34 to A518 Staffordshire · 2.9 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 16,734 |
| A51 to School Lane, Stafford Staffordshire · 4.2 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 11,024 |
| School Lane to A34 Staffordshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 9,343 |
| A38 to A515 Staffordshire · 3.6 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 7,725 |
| A515 to A51 Staffordshire · 4.1 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 7,137 |
| Coton Lane to A453 Staffordshire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 6,375 |
| A38(T) to Coton Lane, Tamworth Staffordshire · 7.0 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 5,643 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Staffordshire · 23.9 miles
A513 traffic and collisions by section
7 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coton Lane to A453Staffordshire | 6,375 | 9 |
| 2 | A38(T) to Coton Lane, TamworthStaffordshire | 5,643 | 11 |
| 3 | A38 to A515Staffordshire | 7,725 | 7 |
| 4 | A515 to A51Staffordshire | 7,137 | 18 |
| 5 | A51 to School Lane, StaffordStaffordshire | 11,024 | 5 |
| 6 | School Lane to A34Staffordshire | 9,343 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | A34 to A518Staffordshire | 16,734 | 14 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A513 as the first road, placed on the nearest section by their recorded position; rates (per 100 million vehicle miles) are shown for sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more.
A513 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.5% of the vehicle miles on the A513. HGVs account for 2.4%, rising to 3.5% on A38 to A515.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.0% |
| 2001 | 3.7% |
| 2002 | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 3.0% |
| 2006 | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 3.9% |
| 2008 | 3.7% |
| 2009 | 3.4% |
| 2010 | 3.5% |
| 2011 | 3.6% |
| 2012 | 3.0% |
| 2013 | 3.0% |
| 2014 | 3.0% |
| 2015 | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 3.0% |
| 2017 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 2.6% |
| 2019 | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 3.0% |
| 2021 | 2.7% |
| 2022 | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 2.4% |
| 2025 | 2.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A513 traffic trend
Traffic on the A513 came to 75.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 16.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 13.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 18.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 67m |
| 2001 | 68m |
| 2002 | 73m |
| 2003 | 76m |
| 2004 | 74m |
| 2005 | 76m |
| 2006 | 74m |
| 2007 | 72m |
| 2008 | 69m |
| 2009 | 69m |
| 2010 | 69m |
| 2011 | 68m |
| 2012 | 67m |
| 2013 | 65m |
| 2014 | 67m |
| 2015 | 68m |
| 2016 | 68m |
| 2017 | 65m |
| 2018 | 65m |
| 2019 | 65m |
| 2020 | 53m |
| 2021 | 64m |
| 2022 | 69m |
| 2023 | 71m |
| 2024 | 72m |
| 2025 | 76m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7,350 |
| 2001 | 7,430 |
| 2002 | 7,940 |
| 2003 | 8,284 |
| 2004 | 8,073 |
| 2005 | 8,270 |
| 2006 | 8,049 |
| 2007 | 7,816 |
| 2008 | 7,887 |
| 2009 | 7,880 |
| 2010 | 7,823 |
| 2011 | 7,812 |
| 2012 | 7,587 |
| 2013 | 7,454 |
| 2014 | 7,645 |
| 2015 | 7,705 |
| 2016 | 7,768 |
| 2017 | 7,404 |
| 2018 | 7,418 |
| 2019 | 7,467 |
| 2020 | 6,086 |
| 2021 | 7,363 |
| 2022 | 7,937 |
| 2023 | 8,107 |
| 2024 | 8,251 |
| 2025 | 8,705 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
The chart counts the whole road as it was each year, so new or renumbered stretches move it. The percentage changes compare only count points present in both years. In 2025, 1 of the 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A513 collisions
Police recorded 68 collisions with the A513 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 22 of them fatal or serious. That is 19.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 53.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 |
| 2025 | 15 | 5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Sections with the highest collision rates
Per 100 million vehicle miles, 2021 to 2025. Sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more collisions.
| Section | Per 100m vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| A515 to A51 Staffordshire · 18 collisions | 35.1 |
| A38(T) to Coton Lane, Tamworth Staffordshire · 11 collisions | 19.2 |
| A34 to A518 Staffordshire · 14 collisions | 16.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 6 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A513 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A513
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Staffordshire
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic counts and vehicle mix | Road traffic statistics (AADF by count point) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2000 to 2025 | 7 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 68 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
- Annual average daily flow (AADF) is the average number of vehicles passing a point on a typical day of the year, both directions combined.
- Vehicle miles are AADF multiplied by link length and 365, summed over every count point link on the road.
- Sections join count point links between junctions, using the link lines in DfT’s major road database.
- STATS19 covers personal injury collisions reported to the police. Damage-only collisions are not included, and not every injury collision is reported.
- Serious and slight figures are DfT’s adjusted estimates, which allow for police forces moving to injury-based reporting.
- Counts of one or two collisions below Great Britain level are shown as “fewer than 3”.
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